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The new government of New Democracy (ND) "will support the islands who are bearing the brunt of the refugee issue," the main opposition leader said on Monday on the island of Samos.

Search and rescue operations (SAR( are underway for the detection of a rubber dinghy which was reportedly carrying about 22 refugees/illegal immigrants between the island of Samos and Agathonisi in the eastern Aegean.

A man's body was found in the sea area east of Samos by a Hellenic Coast guard vessel, after the sinking of a boat carrying 12 immigrants, which resulted in the loss of two children.